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The Biden administration is expanding access to health coverage under the Affordable Care Act to include young people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will expand the meaning of the term "lawful presence" in the country to include DACA recipients. ...
Worsening environmental conditions because of extreme weather and climate change are cited as why proactive legislation is needed by the New Mexico Legislature this session. Rep. Liz Thomson, D-Albuquerque, is co-sponsoring the Public Health and Climate Resiliency Act, noting the state is prone to drought, extreme heat, wildfires and subsequent flooding, all of which can affect people's health. ...
The number of teens showing up in emergency rooms diagnosed with mental health and self-harm is surging. Physicians admit they are not well-equipped to handle this mental crisis among teens.
The public has until February 13th to weigh in on new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce methane pollution at oil and gas facilities. Emma Galofre Garcia, a doctoral student at C.U. Boulder's environmental studies program, said the EPA has an opportunity to build on successful efforts led by states including Colorado to rein in methane emissions, a dangerous air pollutant. ...
Editor’s Note: America spends more on health care per person than any other developed country, only to have the lowest life expectancy among them. Despite our expenditures—now one out...